Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kitano Takeshi, the 74-year-old icon of Japanese gangster films and TV comedy, has set “Kubi” (Neck) as his next film — and ...

"If you work with us, we'll let you off the hook." Prime Video in Japan has revealed a trailer for Broken Rage, a unique Takeshi Kitano film ready for release on streaming in the next few months. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Netflix movie has been announced based on the early career of comedian and film director Kitano Takeshi. Titled “Asakusa Kid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Published in 1988 and previously filmed in 2002 by Makoto Shinozaki (also director of the 1999 Kitano documentary “Jam Session”), ...

The protagonist of this story is hitman Nezumi, played by the director Kitano Takeshi. He is known for faultlessly taking out targets on the instruction of someone known only as M, but the police are ...

In the late '70s, Japan's Takeshi Kitano became a comedic superstar under the name Beat Takeshi, performing with Kaneko Kiyoshi as "The Two Beats." By the turn of the millennium, Kitano had ...

Kitano Takeshi, a contemporary icon of Japanese cinema, is to receive a lifetime achievement award next month at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy. “A legendary artist on Friday the 29th of ...

In a rare piece of welcome news in regards to the upcoming live action Ghost in the Shell movie, it seems that world-renowned director and actor Takeshi Kitano has joined its cast. Kitano will ...